edges selectable for <b>Feature Edges</b> functionality.</li>
</ul>
-Other important presentation management functionalities characreristic for Post-Pro
+Other important presentation management functionalities characteristic for Post-Pro
module are:
<ul>
<li> \subpage animating_page - another way of animation of
presentations can be seen only in Salome VTK Viewer (ALT+K).
\n All presentation types could be divided in two main groups:
<ul>
- <li>\subpage presentation_of_submesh_page "3D presentation on
- submesh" - can be createsd on a submesh. </li>
- <li>\subpage field_presentations_page "3D presentations on
- fields" - can be created on fields and timestamps</li>
+ <li>\subpage presentation_of_submesh_page "3D presentation on submesh" - can be created on a submesh. </li>
+ <li>\subpage field_presentations_page "3D presentations on fields" - can be created on fields and timestamps</li>
</ul>
Created presentations can be edited, animaded, recorded and viewed in
Salome features two distinct types of clipping planes: \b Global and
\b Local.
<ul>
-<li> <b>Global Cliping Planes</b> are defined in the VTK viewer and can
+<li> <b>Global Clipping Planes</b> are defined in the VTK viewer and can
be automatically applied to all Post-Pro presentations shown in the
viewer (or not applied depending on the user's choice).</li>
<li> <b>Local Clipping Planes</b> are defined directly for the given
presentation </li>
</ul>
-To define <b>Global Cliping Planes</b> in the Main Menu select <b>
+To define <b>Global Clipping Planes</b> in the Main Menu select <b>
View -> Windows -> Clipping Planes.
</b>
\image html clipping5.png
The described functionality allows to create both local and global
-clippind planes, however, there is another way to create local
+clipping planes, however, there is another way to create local
clipping planes, depending on the presentations.
To create a local clipping plane on a presentation, select the
\page feature_edges_page Feature Edges
This functionality highlights the contour of the object. To apply it,
-select the object in the VTK Viewer? right-click on it and choose in
-the context menu <b>Representation -> Feature edges</b>
+select the object in the VTK Viewer, right-click on it and choose in
+the context menu <b>Representation -> Feature edges.</b>
\image html viewing11.png
-To select which contours should be highlighted, in the Main menu
+To select, which contours should be highlighted, in the Main menu
choose <b> View -> Windows -> Feature Edges</b>
\image html featureedges.png
<ul>
<li><b>Feature edges angle</b> - allows to define at which minimum
-angle between two faces a wire is considered an edge </li>
+angle between two faces a wire is considered an edge. </li>
<li><b>Show feature edges</b> - allows to display feature edges.</li>
<li><b>Show boundary edges</b> - allows to display boundary edges.</li>
<li><b>Show manifold edges</b> - allows to display manifold edges. </li>
/*!
-\mainpage Post-Pro Module Reference Documentation
-
-Welcome to the reference help on <b>Post-Pro </b> Salome module used for
-analysis and post-processing of numerical simulation results.
-
-\n To start Post-Pro module in the SALOME application click
-<b>Post-Pro</b> icon in the toolbar.
-
-\image html visuicon.png
-<center><em>"Post-Pro" icon</em></center>
-
-Before launching Post-Pro module, you should set the VTK viewer
-as default viewer for creation of a new study window. In Post-Pro you
-can create presentations only in the VTK viewer. (see also: Setting
-preferences)
-
-The initial desktop of the SALOME platform will be updated with toolbars and menus related to Post-Pro component.
+\mainpage Introduction to Post-Pro
\image html visufullscreen.png
+<b>Post-Pro</b> module of Salome is used for analysis and post-processing of numerical simulation results.
+
\n The major part of \b Post-Pro functionality is dedicated to post-processing of files in MED format.
A MED file contains the description of a \subpage med_object_page "MED object", which represents a \b mesh and a set of \b physical \b values corresponding to mesh cells.
-\n For compability with other solver solutions \b Post-Pro also supports
+\n For compability with other solver solutions \b Post-Pro supports
\subpage table_presentations_page "Data Table Objects",
two-dimensional data arrays, as input type for visualization.
\n The Python interface of \b Post-Pro module is described in \subpage idl_interface_page "Access to Post-Pro module functionality" page.
-
-\n Detailed information about basic VTK Viewer functionality is available in the documentation on GUI module.
*/
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3D objects in orthogonal projection sometimes look as if they were 2D.
Perspective projection mode makes presentations look more realistic.
-It is possible to swicth between two modes using VTK viewer toolbar
+It is possible to switch between two modes using VTK viewer toolbar
buttons:
\image html perspective1.png "Perspective mode button"
\image html perspective4.png "Box in orthogonal mode"
-Further than that, the user can fully control the presentation of a 3D
+Further than that, it is possible to exercise full control of the presentation of a 3D
scene by modification of camera attributes.
To understand how the scene is built, see this picture.
\image html cellsel.jpg
-By default the indication of position and size of the sected objest is
+By default the indication of position and size of the selected object is
always present in the top left corner of the viewer.
\image html selection1.png
(from 0% = opaque to 100% = transparent) and \b Position of the
window, which can be:</li>
<ul>
-<li> \b Centred below the point, or </li>
+<li> \b Centered below the point, or </li>
<li>located at <b>Top-left corner of the 3D view</b></li>
</ul>
<li><b>Movement of the Camera</b> can also be defined by the user.</li>
\page slider_page Slider
-\n \b Slider is allows animating Post-Pro field presentations in the
+\n \b Slider allows animating Post-Pro field presentations in the
most simple and efficient way. The presentations compatible with this
functionality can be synchronized (in terms of timestamps) and moved
along the time axis to reproduce the corresponding physical process.
\b Slider also provides memory management possibilities, which allow the
user to define a suitable compromise between the available computer
-resourses and the navigation performance.
+resources and the navigation performance.
\n \ref animating_page is an earlier implementation of the same
functionality. However, it provides some extended possibilities, such
<em>To sweep a field presentation:</em>
-\ref creating_field_presentations_page "Create a field
-presentation".
+\ref creating_field_presentations_page "Create a field presentation".
In the Main menu select <b>View -> Windows -> Sweep</b>. The following
dialog will appear.
\page viewing_3d_presentations_page Viewing 3D presentations
\n Each newly created presentation is displayed in the <b>VTK 3D
-Viewer</b>. <b>VTK 3D Viewer</b> is detailly described in the
+Viewer</b>. <b>VTK 3D Viewer</b> is described in details in the
documentation on GUI module.
\n To display an existing presentation, right-click on it in the
Object Browser and select \b Show.
<ul>
<li><b>Hide all</b> - allows to hide all objects from the
viewer.</li>
-<li><b>Edit</b> - allows to return to the menu where the presentation
+<li><b>Edit</b> - allows to return to the menu, where the presentation
has been created and change its parameters.</li>
<li><b>Filter by Scalars</b> - allows showing only the cells with
values that fit into the defined <b>Scalar Range</b>.
\image html viewing12.png "Shrink"
<b>Shading on</b> - colors the object in a realistic
-way, revealing its geometry, for example, by applying shadows to the inside regions; used togeter with \b Surface.
+way, revealing its geometry, for example, by applying shadows to the inside regions; used together with \b Surface.
<b>Shading off</b> - colors the object basing only on scalar values. </li>
